Re: [PHP] why doesn't this work ?

[Andy Ladouceur]

Okay, what you can do is try use an .htaccess file (providing your host 
allows them) to make the PHP engine parse .html files.

Create a file titled ".htaccess" with the following contents:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .html .htm
Upload it to the same folder that the .html file is in, and see if it works.

(Oh, and if you are using WS_FTP LE, be sure to add '-al' in the white 
box on the right [Remote] vertical line of buttons so that you are able 
to view the .htaccess file in the folder once uploaded.)

Cheers,
Andy
Pooya Eslami wrote:
Yes, the server supports php, and I don't want to make it into a php file
because its a big html file and I just need this little script on it. Why
cannot I embed php in html files?
"Andy Ladouceur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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It's already been mentioned, but you do need to ensure you are using a
.php extension on the file. Also, forgive me if this has already been
covered, but are you sure the server even supports PHP?
Try creating a new file with:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
And save it as something.php, check and see if it returns a table full
of information or not.
Andy

Pooya Eslami wrote:

I put this in the body of an html file:

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
  while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
      if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && eregi('\.html$', $file)) {
          echo "<li><a href=\"$file\"><font color=\"#CC0000\">$file</
font></a></li><br>";
      }
  }
  closedir($handle);
}
echo "</ul>";
?>
the output page contains :

$file
"; } } closedir($handle); } echo "
"; ?>
I don't understand why.

"Daniel Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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Can you post the code and error.




I took out the scrip tags and put in <?php in the beginning and ?>  at
the


end, but it returns this:

$file
"; } } closedir($handle); } echo "
"; ?>
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